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3-28-19 The Academy of Sciences announces a red wolf is a distinct wolf species and is also distinct from grey wolves and coyotes. Read their summary here. Maybe this will finally settle the raging debate as to whether red wolves are a critically endangered canid or merely a hybrid of wolf & coyote. Why is…

Giant Tortoise Discovered Extinct species? What do a giant tortoise and a giant bee have in common? They are both big? True, but even better, they both were thought to be extinct and have been newly discovered alive. How exciting! A Giant Tortoise on Fernandina Island in The Galapagos was discovered on Feb 17, 2019,…

Some good news. The population of Eastern monarchs, which overwinter in Mexico, is the largest since 2007 with a 144%. However, the Western monarch population is down 86% over last year so all is not rosy. What can you do? Continue (or start if you have not already) to plant native milkweed as both a…

US Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) announced they are extending their review of a rule to manage the last remaining red wolf population in North Carolina. On Nov 5, a judge ruled USF&WS violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing landowners to shoot red wolves that were not endangering people, pets or livestock. By delaying…